cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22819667

“If our overheating planet is a result of human greed, then it must be a special kind of greed, a kind that emerged puzzlingly late in the long history of our species and then with a sudden vengeance.”

    • Em Adespoton
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      7 days ago

      And most of the animal species; that’s the sad part.

      But it’s not like it will be the first time; dinosaurs weren’t known for thinking on climate timescales either.